Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-10-22
LIFE IN VIENNA.


mortar Peculiar class. From the
PROV noes. Wear long boots 10 the
knee. Short skirts TO the boots Practical
dress. but not ornamental Seven differ
cnt costumes seen daily ON the streets.
Laborers at noon lie down and sleep on
the pavemcnts. Ditto In the parks and
on the grass. Both sexes seen lying
side by side No ''keep OF the grass
at every turning. Polish jew frequent
In black gowns reaching 10 heels, high
hats aud long corkscrew curls. Look
like OtheLlo. Big dogs drawing hand
carts. Street cars won stop for you.
Only at certain places. Indicated BY a
sign-post ON track. The tub the uni
versal vessel TO carry things In. Oval
shape. One stave longer than the rest
So 1t can be bound on the carriers back.
Carries all the water up the six or
seven pairs Of stone stairs In the vi
emma houses. Clean clothes ditto for
wash. Separate shops for brandy, beer
and wine. Peasant on spree carries
green twig stuck in his hat-band to
indicate to the Vienna public his pres
ent mental and moral condition. Hacks
hung low on the wheels. Drivers in
uniform here. Fares low Ten cents
carries you from Dombach to Leopol-
stadt. Suburban village or miles
distant Emperor and empress are
frequently seen driving on the streets.
No FUSS all hats go off as they go By.
Soldiers everywhere; sentries ditto. in
chronic condition Of saluting officers.
Fleas abundant. Everybody eats at
the restaurant Vienna is all restaurant
on the ground floor. Little home cook
ing is done. Melange and rolls are the
universal breakfast MeIange is half
coffee and halfhot milk, always brought
you in tall tumbler with big table,
spoon. Living here Is very public. II
you hire room the chances are you
must pass through somebody's bed
room to get to 1t, or have some one
pass through yours. Female help.
Indifferent or obliVious to gentlemen
dodgers, come right in at all hours.
without knocking. when on duty.
Stoves are like monuments, nine
feet high, covered with porcelain.
The furnace holds about two quarts OF
coal. The rest is monument Hand
some men. good shapes full chests.
fine bass voices A pleasure to sit in a
railway station and hear the officials in
charge call the trains. Handsome
women ditto. Everybody out on the
street shopping by or in the morn
ing. Nap at noon. Gardens full Of
families dining in open air at p. m.
They go it till 9. Music flowers, stat
uary all about. Eating not done at a
! gnlp. More happiness to the square
yard. Newspapers small. Outside
world disposed of in about twenty
lines. Lots of small comic illustrated
papers. ..rrink halles'' on every cor
ner. Round pagodas. Girls inside.
No room for more. Sells lemonade,
orangeade, soda water, and other light
foggy fluid. People here always swal-
lowing something.
Elevator at hotel Big fuss over it.
Two men in uniform TO run it, Pace.
mile an hour. Beds all single. Every
body seems to sleep single here One
more bed on top OF bed quilt. Very
light. full OF feathers, in green silk
bag.
Barracks every where. Six stories.
Full of soldiers Soldiers everywhere.
Drilling everywhere. Drumming every
where. footing everywhere. Sol
diers marching past hotels at five in
the morning. Always getting ready ia
XIII somebody. Same all over Europe.
Never out of sight Of bayonet
Nations here awfnlly afraid of each
other Singular pumps. Very tall.
Long crooked iron handle. Reach "a
abe ground. Tobacco shops all run BY
government. Keep stamps also. In
variable sign over door tx X"
(King and Kaiser). The emperor
does all the tobacco business. MOI
much tobacco in their cigars Washed
out. Prices of groceries and dry goods
always marked on articles in shop win,
dows. Can read and translate as You
walk.
/ Cultivated shade trees lay over any,
thing in America Six rows. full grown
in some streets. with walks underneath,
Fountains, benches everywhere Bust
ness streets all shaded. not bare to sur
like Broadway or Fifth Avenue. Bail
houses five stories high. Ever body
here really washes by the bath and moi
by the bedroom washbasin. Weat t
one. Girl cashier Took my money.
Turned me over to another girl. Black
eyed. Good looking Went in with
me. Turned on the water hot and cold
Both of us waited for the tub to fill up
Wondered IL she'd leave. Strange
country. Novel customs. Tub ills up,
Girl leaves. Examined door. No lock
Took of collar. Girl bursts ia again.
Brought more towels. And Their
aprons. Wondered what they were for
Found out inquired of the girl. Wha
do you supposeP To put on-oue behind
the other before. and st still in while,
after using the hot water, the girl came
back to turn on the cold No handling
of water by customer in yiennese bath.
Girls must do It all No such place a:
Vienna known in Austria. Austrian
name. Vein. From the bit of river